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1234196	2011-09-28 03:22:00	Please, can someone confirm whether W7 Pro has anonymous login disabled by default? Really difficult to find a simple answer to this by googling. Like, is this what is needed to allow anonymous access to a printer share:- Please check related policies. 1. Enter “gpedit.msc” in the Start Search box. 2. Open “Computer Configuration”/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Local Policies/Security Settings. 3. In the right pane, enable the following policies: Network access: Allow anonymous SID/name translation Network access: Let Everyone permissions apply to anonymous users Also please disable the following policies. Network access: Restrict anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts and shares	linw (53)
1234197	2011-09-28 03:59:00	Please, can someone confirm whether W7 Pro has anonymous login disabled by default? Really difficult to find a simple answer to this by googling. Like, is this what is needed to allow anonymous access to a printer share:- Please check related policies. 1. Enter “gpedit.msc” in the Start Search box. 2. Open “Computer Configuration”/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Local Policies/Security Settings. 3. In the right pane, enable the following policies: Network access: Allow anonymous SID/name translation-Disabled Network access: Let Everyone permissions apply to anonymous users-Disabled Also please disable the following policies. Network access: Restrict anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares -Enabled Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts- Enabled Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts and shares - Disabled Default settings for W7 Pro x64 in BOLD with file sharing turned on, folders can share no problems, printers are actually stand alone network printers.	wainuitech (129)
1234198	2011-09-28 19:35:00	Thanks a lot, WT. That explains why I have had no end of problems with Pro! I'm having another go at it tomorrow so gpedit is the first call. The Pro system has a shared printer that can't be seen by other Pro systems anonymously but the weird thing is that an XP system doesn't have the problem?? When I added credentials to get the HP2600nprinter added to a Pro box, printing from that box locked up the spool!! Thinks - is there no end to this torture? Seems like you have to turn off bi-directional printing. Another thing to try tomorrow. Thanks, again.	linw (53)
1234199	2011-09-28 20:42:00	Takes all the fun out of it when things go perfectly all the time -- Dont you know computers have a mind of their own (or is it that Murphy guy again) just when things are going good - WHAM -- Keeps ya on ya toes :D Those setting I provided are on SWMBO's PC, W7 Pro, file sharing is turned on, no password protection on sharing, only requires a password to log on (thats because WHS requires it) and thats about all.	wainuitech (129)
1234200	2011-10-03 19:11:00	Well, I'm darned if I know how to get Pro to share stuff. Did the policy changes, re- checked the file sharing/no password stuff but no cigar. The only way I have been able to see a share on a Pro from another Pro is to add user/pwd at the prompt for credentials. Just can't get an anonymous login. Give me Home Premium any day. Thanks for help, anyway.	linw (53)
1234201	2011-10-03 20:11:00	Did you follow this?? (social.technet.microsoft.com) the 2nd post. Looks like most of your first post is here. What exactly do you mean by anonymous access to a printer? Is the printer on the same network?	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1234202	2011-10-03 21:33:00	Want the good news or Bad :D Just installed a fresh copy of W7 Pro x64 OK -- just managed to replicate your problem EXACTLY -- and after a bit of fluffing about the answer in my case was so obvious its :blush: Now I can browser the Professional PC with no problems. The problem was ----- On the professional PC that was trying to be shared/Accessed, you HAVE to have a login password,meaning you cant simply have windows start and go straight into windows, you create a password, log in and away it went after a reboot. All the files, folders shared with no problems as well as the shared printer. File sharing is also quite simple: Sharing in W7 Pro is no different than Home. Heres How I do it. Right click on Computer/Properties, make sure the workgroup is the same as the other PC's on the LAN, after a reboot, enable the file sharing: Click start, type in sharing, Open Manage advanced sharing - Check the following: Network Discovery = ON Turn on Printer and file sharing = ON ( default is off) Turn Off password Protected sharing Reboot. To share a folder(s) right click the folder you want- Properties/sharing tab -Click on Share - in the drop down Box, Select Everyone, click Add Drop Down arrow by the Everyone - changed from Read to Reade/Write - Click Share, then click Done. While in the Properties box Click Advanced sharing (Missing this step is where people have problems) Click Share this folder - Down to Permissions - put ticks in Full Control, OK save settings and close the window.	wainuitech (129)
1234203	2011-10-03 22:45:00	WT, are you saying that you don't need to do the gpedit stuff? My problem machines (3 of them) all have login passwords. XP can see the shares on the W7 Pro but the other Pros can't. Were you accessing the shares from another Pro? Wish I had a Pro at home to play with. I've already suffered enough embarrassment in the office situation!!	linw (53)
1234204	2011-10-04 04:21:00	Didn't need to do any of the gpedit stuff. Just tried it again, reinstalled from a Image so didn't take long. All I did was alter the options under the sharing ( password protect removal etc) Created a folder on the desktop shared it as above. With the professional having no login password, it was throwing up the request for a network permission. As soon as I gave the Professional a login password it killed the message ( after a reboot and logging in) the message did not appear and allowed access to the shared folder. Tried to access with another Professional, Ultimate and Home - all OK. To test it, I removed the password, rebooted and the permission request re-appeared. Just a thought -- the Computers you are having problems with, are they name brand PC's or ones you have installed the OS your Self ? The reason for asking is I do remember once I had a similar problem with permissions with a Vista HP/Compaq - when I did a fresh install ( non HP) the problem didn't arise again I've already suffered enough embarrassment in the office situation!! Tell me about it !!! Got a "simple job" you wouldn't think installing a wireless PCI card would give so much trouble, the card works perfectly here on a workshop PC, but the Customers, same card, same drivers, even the same Version of OS :badpc: :mad: Just a thought - when asking for access, have you put in the User name and password for that machine.( the one you are trying to access)	wainuitech (129)
1234205	2011-10-05 01:19:00	The problem comps are all Dell boxes so, no, I didn't install OS. The one sharing the printer (W7 Pro) via USB has been there a while and was fine while the other machines were XP ones but the two XP ones got upgraded to two new Dells and that is when the trouble started. If I supply the credentials of the user on the sharing box it works. It's the anonymous login that seems to be barred. User names on all three machines the same, rather than personalised. Wonder what would happen if I gave them all the same password as well? But I just want to be able to do what I have always done i.e. login with the anonymous user!! Should check this HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Lsa Ensure that restrictanonymous is set to 0. But this should have been sorted with the Policy edits. Cheers and thanks for your trouble.	linw (53)
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